Posted on 1/11/2013, 7:28:59 PM by Kartographer
There are some GREAT projects here.
Composting Toilet Plans
homemade survival bars
Are two I liked
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To start things off I recently opened three canning jars I vacuumed pack in March of 2010 one with dehydrated bell peppers and one with dehydrated Roma Tomatoes and the third was mixed Bell Peppers and Onion. All rehydrated well and made great chilli and spaghetti. I also used some of the tomatoes and Mixed Peppers to make Fajitas. I have stopped buy and dehydrated vegtables and now do my own.
Preppers’ PING!!
Consider going to Wal-Mart for their $.88 colds and flu medications in the front of the store , as well as vitamins and first-aid supplies. (Check for expiration dates)
I’m curious if anyone here has ever used a freeze-dryer. Not a dehydrator, but an actual freeze-dryer, the kind that turns ice cream into styrofoam. The local university is auctioning one off, about the size of my regular dehydrator only the freeze-dryer weighs 90 pounds. So far nobody’s bid on it, and the opening bid is only $20.
There are some experiments I’ve been wanting to do with aerogels but didn’t have the equipment for, so this is really tempting, but at the same time I don’t have much money to spare, just the $20 I’ve set aside for seeds this year.
Mom loves freeze-dried strawberries, so I’ve been trying to talk her into going halvsies on it, but so far no dice :)
Freeze dryers are usually prohibitively expensive, so that’s a deal.
However, I think the failure point is in the vacuum seals. Do some research before you buy, though at $20, you’re not out much.
People need to force themselves to do these projects.
Survival means having to learn to do things with your hands, having to learn the root of processes, and why things have to be done in certain ways, how non-store bought food has to be handled and manipulated and processed to make it work for you.
The less mechanical and skilled with their hands someone is, then the more they need to make these things on the list, and especially if they live like a typical American who doesn’t have a heap of junk parts and raw materials out in the barn, and on their acreage.
If you are living in a pristine, uncluttered condominium or home, then now is the time to be trying these projects, while you can go to the hardware store and buy things, and deal with the (initially) wasteful learning process of learning to be a handyman.
I have a job interview next week, and bidding on the dryer ends the week after. I think if I get that job, I’ll buy the dryer as a celebration :)
(When most girls say “shopping spree”, they mean clothes and jewelry and designer shoes. I go ga-ga over lab equipment. I’m such a geek!)
You are correct ansell2. Prepping isn’t just ‘STUFF’ it’s skills and knowledge ae well both of which will out last your supplies of ‘STUFF’.
As for the Rocket stove on this list I like to post a couple of links about another DIY Rocket Stove:
Ammo Can Rocket Stove
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2850938/posts
My Ammo Can Rocket Stove
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2914240/posts
Thanks for posting this, Kartographer. I need a little encouragement to push forward with my preps. Long, hard times to come.
People won't pay 'an arm & a leg' when you call them that name.
P4L
I suggest not going to Walmart at all until flu season is past. That is a great place to catch it. Putting your hands on a cart handle is the first problem. Walmart seems to always be crowded and sick people are in there buying medicine and food, etc.,. One sneeze can send a virus many feet away from the sneezing person. That is the second problem. Put your items on the counter to pay for them and persons before you did that and transferred bacteria/virus to that counter.
A few weeks ago, before the flu was rampant, I went to Walgreens at a time only a few people were in there and picked up what I might need and as soon as I walked out the door, I used hand sanitizer before I got in the car and touched the steering wheel.
I can't take the flu shot so I'm not leaving my house much at all until this is over - guess what, I have plenty of stored food to get me thorough flu season without going to the store. The country is in an epidemic stage and there's not enough room in emergency rooms or the hospital for those who are worse. An epidemic means I'm not going anywhere ‘cause the flu is out there like a monster or zombie just waiting for me to walk by.
If you have had a flu shot you are in a much better position than I am.
I am still using some tomatoes I canned in 2009 and 2010 they are still very good! I had good harvest in those years and canned a lot.
I got my flu shot yesterday. Am to old to take a chance now days.
“Composting toilets us old timers in the country call them outhouses. “
A true composting toilet is much more then a hole in the ground (aka outhouse).
With an outhouse you dig a hole, fill it up, and then cover it over for several years. A composting toilet will break down the waste in a much shorter time.
LOL, but one thing about prepping is that suddenly those messy old yards and garages and metal sheds, look much more useful.
Just an old junk car up on blocks can yield a gold mine of materials, small motors and electronics, switches, etc, a horn and headlights for security and search lights, 12 volt lighting and radio for the house, and still be turned into a green house while being a parts factory.
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